US 12,260,974 B1
Stranded wire conductors and methods for manufacturing stranded wires
Xuebin Li, Huzhou (CN)
Assigned to HUZHOU JIN TAI CONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Huzhou (CN)
Filed by HUZHOU JIN TAI CONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Zhejiang (CN)
Filed on Sep. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/830,600.
Claims priority of application No. 202410579427.5 (CN), filed on May 11, 2024.
Int. Cl. H01B 5/08 (2006.01); B21C 1/02 (2006.01); B22D 11/00 (2006.01); C22C 9/00 (2006.01); C22C 9/04 (2006.01); C22C 19/03 (2006.01); C22F 1/10 (2006.01); C25D 5/50 (2006.01); C25D 7/04 (2006.01); C25D 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01B 5/08 (2013.01) [B21C 1/02 (2013.01); B22D 11/004 (2013.01); B22D 11/006 (2013.01); C22C 9/00 (2013.01); C22C 9/04 (2013.01); C22C 19/03 (2013.01); C22F 1/10 (2013.01); C25D 5/50 (2013.01); C25D 7/04 (2013.01); C25D 7/0607 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stranded wire conductor that maintains high strength and high conductivity in a high temperature environment, wherein the stranded wire conductor is composed of a plurality of composite wire monofilaments stranded together, the composite wire monofilament includes a nickel-tantalum-tungsten core wire, a conductive alloy tube wrapped around an outside of the nickel-tantalum-tungsten core wire, and a plating provided on an outside of the conductive alloy tube;
a composition of the nickel-tantalum-tungsten core wire includes 80% to 95% nickel, 0.5% to 10% tantalum, and 0.5% to 10% tungsten by weight, and a balance is trace impurities, an oxygen content of the nickel-tantalum-tungsten core wire is less than 9 ppm, a conductivity of the nickel-tantalum-tungsten core wire is in a range of 1% to 5%, and a tensile strength of the nickel-tantalum-tungsten core wire is not less than 1000 Mpa;
the conductive alloy tube is a copper-based or silver-based alloy tube;
a ratio of a cross-sectional area of a nickel-tantalum-tungsten alloy core wire in a composite wire to a total area of the composite wire is in a range of 20% to 40%;
before stranding, the composite wire monofilament has a tensile strength being greater than 440 MPa at 20° C., a conductivity being greater than 70%, and an elongation being greater than 6%; and
after stranding, the composite wire monofilament has a tensile strength being not less than 400 Mpa in a working environment at 600° C.